[ python-Bugs-1744580 ] cvs.get_dialect() return a class object

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Bugs item #1744580, was opened at 2007-06-28 05:36
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.5
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Christian Kristukat (ckkart)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: cvs.get_dialect() return a class object 

Initial Comment:

With python2.5 (and 2.6) cvs.get_dialect('excel') returns a Dialect class object in contrast to python 2.4 where an instance of csv.excel is returned, the former having only read only attributes.

% python2.4
Python 2.4.1 (#3, Jul 28 2005, 22:08:40) 
[GCC 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1671)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import csv
>>> d = csv.get_dialect("excel")
>>> d
<csv.excel instance at 0x3ae058>

% python
Python 2.6a0 (trunk:54264M, Mar 10 2007, 15:19:48) 
[GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5367)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import csv
>>> d = csv.get_dialect("excel")
>>> d
<_csv.Dialect object at 0x137fac0>



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